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HHMI to Award More than $1 Billion to Promote Equity in Research
A new program will provide 150 early-career scientists committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity up to $8.6 million each.
HHMI to Award More than $1 Billion to Promote Equity in Research
HHMI to Award More than $1 Billion to Promote Equity in Research

A new program will provide 150 early-career scientists committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity up to $8.6 million each.

A new program will provide 150 early-career scientists committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity up to $8.6 million each.

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Science with Borders: Researchers Navigate Red Tape
Max Kozlov | Mar 1, 2021 | 10 min read
Scientists who work with foreign biological specimens face a patchwork of permits that threaten to block their projects, with potentially harmful consequences for the ecosystems they study.
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Academic Researchers at the University of California Form a Union
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 5, 2019 | 2 min read
The university drops its objections and comes to an agreement on who can be included in Academic Researchers United.
Columbia University Graduate Students Go on Strike
Jim Daley | Apr 25, 2018 | 2 min read
Administration officials contend that research and teaching assistants are students, not workers, and want to take the matter to federal court.
Harvard Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Unionize
Jim Daley | Apr 23, 2018 | 2 min read
The decision affects about 5,000 graduate students at the university who are eligible to join the union.
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Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 
Graduate Student Unions Opt Out of Federal Recognition
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 22, 2018 | 3 min read
Student workers seek voluntary recognition of their unions by university administrators out of concern that political appointees may deny their unions legal status.
University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize
Abby Olena, PhD | Oct 27, 2017 | 3 min read
The university’s administration tried unsuccessfully to stop the vote.
2016 Life Sciences Salary Survey
Karen Zusi | Nov 1, 2016 | 10+ min read
Most researchers feel stimulated by their work but are dissatisfied with their compensation, according to this year’s results.
Some Grad Students Regain Health Insurance
Kerry Grens | Aug 26, 2015 | 2 min read
The University of Missouri returns subsidies for health benefits; New Mexico State University takes them away, offering a raise in return.
Grad Students Lose Health Insurance
Kerry Grens | Aug 18, 2015 | 2 min read
Two universities drop benefits for graduate students or their dependents.
In Times of Trouble
Kerry Grens | Aug 1, 2012 | 7 min read
Scientists share their experiences weathering extremely stressful events without letting their careers get completely derailed.
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